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No boring theory or intellectual snobbery. Just poems awash with well-loved lines

John Carey is a welcoming host, full of enthusiasm, and the opposite of crusty. He can throw sparkling light on a poet's method in a handful of words




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Craig Brown loves 93-year-old Jan Morris's beguilingly dotty diary

Now aged 93 ('well past my sell-by date'), Jan Morris has taken to keeping a diary, or something like a diary, but more public, as it is clearly written for publication




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Our critic has always loved The Kinks. But he despairs at this joyless history

Doyle follows an ever-increasing line of academics who attempt to sanctify pop music with stuffiness. In so doing, they extinguish its fire in a great whoosh of homogenous jargon




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More than 200 Central American migrants escape from detention facility in Mexico

Mexican authorities recaptured 100 of more than 200 that fled an immigration station on Monday in southern Mexico as hundreds more remained stuck on the Suchiate River's shore.




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Tory backlash over Boris Johnson's plan to ditch £30,000 minimum earnings threshold for migrants

Boris Johnson's plan to scrap a minimum earnings threshold for migrants who want to move to the UK after Brexit has sparked a backlash among Tory MPs.




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Boris Johnson hails 'new chapter' for Britain as Brexit withdrawal bill is passed by Parliament

The Prime Minister will vow to 'mobilise the full breadth of our new freedoms' on Brexit night - as his Bill paving the way for Britain to leave the EU was finally passed by Parliament yesterday.




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Ministers under pressure to do more to protect Britain from deadly coronavirus outbreak in China

The Health Secretary sought to reassure the public today as he addressed MPs about the killer outbreak that has led Beijing to place a city larger than London in quarantine.




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Priti Patel attacks UK business for being 'far too reliant' on 'cheap labour' from the EU

Priti Patel today launched a savage attack on big British business as she said companies had become 'far too reliant on low skilled' and 'cheap' workers from the EU.




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Kiwis in Australia call on Russell Crowe to back class action lawsuit to stop discrimination

New Zealand expatriates in Australia have called on Russell Crowe to support their bid to change 'racially discriminatory' citizenship laws.




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Boris Johnson slams Nicola Sturgeon's 'deranged' visa powers demand

Boris Johnson lashed out after the SNP leader said immigration from the EU must continue north of the border because the economy needs workers.




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ICE agent shoots man, 26, in the face in Brooklyn while trying to arrest mom's boyfriend

Mexican national, Erick Diaz, 26, was shot in the face by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who was attempting to arrest his mother's boyfriend.




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New push to set up English classes for refugees 70 per cent jobless year after arriving in Australia

The federal government plans to set up English classes in refugee camps to give potential immigrants a better shot at getting a job when they get to Australia.




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Shocking video shows eight ICE detainees pepper-sprayed and beaten by private prison guards

Surveillance video from a private prison in California captured the moment guards pepper sprayed and beat eight Central American migrants that went on a hunger strike in June 2017.




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Adau Mornyang was locked up after 'illegally' entering the US and has quietly returned home

Adau Mornyang, 25, was held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centre in New York for three months before her release on December 21.




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High Court rules Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia in majority 4-3 verdict

The High Court has ruled in a majority 4-3 verdict that Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia because they are exempt from immigration laws under the constitution.




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Donald Trump calls Mike Bloomberg a 'TOTAL RACIST' as stop-and-frisk recording emerges

President Donald Trump attacked Mike Bloomberg as a 'total racist' after audio surfaced of his 2015 speech adamantly defending stop and frisk police policies.




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Teacher 'told Hispanic student to 'go back to her country' for not standing during national anthem

A Hispanic student, who is a US citizen, says she was told by a teacher in Chicago to go back her country because she wouldn't stand during the national anthem at an assembly at her school.




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Kevin Rudd slams decision to send Wuhan evacuees to Christmas Island

Kevin Rudd has slammed Peter Dutton's decision to send Wuhan evacuees to Christmas Island, suggesting the home affairs minister would have treated them differently if they were 'white.'  




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Rishi Sunak takes centre stage as Boris Johnson meets with new-look Cabinet

The new Chancellor was beaming as he sat next to the Prime Minister despite the fact that yesterday he saw his boss Sajid Javid purged from the government.




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EU migrants will have to earn at least £23,000 before they are allowed into Britain

Migrants will also earn 'points' for how well they speak English. In some cases migrants taking jobs paying as little as £23,000 could be granted visas, depending on their skills.




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Sajid Javid stoked tensions by pushing for extension for unskilled EU migrants to come to Britain 

The chancellor insisted the UK's new border system would not be ready by December. Relations between No 10 and No 11 were stretched by the proposed extension.




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CBP arrest driver after finding 26 illegal immigrants hiding inside tractor-trailer in California 

Customs and Border Patrol agents have arrested a 32-year-old man from Mexico who was caught smuggling 26 illegal immigrants into the country Wednesday via a tractor-trailer in California.




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How Scott Morrison's government forced Holden out of Australia by dropping subsidies

Scott Morrison raged against the sudden scrapping of Holden in Australia, but he must have forgotten the Coalition Government forced the car marker to close its factories in 2013.




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Farmers warn food prices could rise under new plans to keep low-skilled migrants out of the UK

Leaders in agriculture, hospitality and the care system lashed out at the Home Secretary after she dismissed fears over staff shortages caused by the proposed points-based system.




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At last! This is what we voted for: DAVID GOODHART on Priti Patel's post-Brexit immigration system

DAVID GOODHART: The post-Brexit shake-up to Britain's immigration system, unveiled today by Priti Patel, should be welcomed on the grounds of politics, economics - and general fairness.




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Priti Patel calls rapper Dave's claim at Brit awards that Boris Johnson is racist 'utter nonsense' 

Priti Patel blasted rapper Dave's incendiary claims that Boris Johnson is a 'real racist' this morning on Sky News and BBC Breakfast, calling them 'utter nonsense' and 'highly inappropriate'.




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Priti Patel introduces plans for hardline points immigration policy

The 47-year-old, who was born in London to Ugandan Asian parents of Gujarati descent, admitted they would not have made the cut were the system in place in the 1960s when they arrived.




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ANDREW GREEN: Yes, he's listened. But if Boris isn't careful reforms could lead to MORE immigration

ANDREW GREEN: Nearly 20 years ago, I set up the think tank Migration Watch UK to give a voice to many of us who were concerned, not about immigration itself, but about the sheer scale of it




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Bali chaos as thousands of Australian tourists are left stranded at Denpasar airport

The system crashed on Friday about 12pm, causing hours of delays for travellers venturing in and out of the holiday hotspot.




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Priti Patel is hit by new 'bullying' claims

Priti Patel has been hit with new 'bullying' claims as it emerges immigration boss Mark Thomson was prompted to resign from his role following 'uncomfortable' demands by the Home Secretary.




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Boris's border blueprint: Immigration revolution will end cheap foreign labour

Low-skilled immigration will be made virtually impossible under a points-based system as free movement rights are consigned to history.




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Tory Caroline Nokes slams Boris Johnson over past 'ill-judged' remarks

A leading Tory MP has accused Boris Johnson of making 'really ill-judged' comments in the past and told him to 'think very carefully' about the impact his words have on women and ethnic minorities.




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One in three Australians think immigration is too high while majority are worried about the economy

Almost a third of Australians who took part in a survey expressed concern about immigration. The study commissioned by Real Insurance showed overcrowding as an issue.




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DAN HODGES: Why does the Left hate Priti Patel so much?

Let's imagine for a second if a senior member of Vote Leave had tweeted about barring a senior black or Asian Labour politician from the country, writes DAN HODGES.




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Rebel Wilson EXC: Star is left horrified as her ex Mickey Gooch is restrained in elaborate prank

The Pitch Perfect star, 39, was at the Mammoth Film Festival for the weekend to support Mickey and his latest film Deported, and the incident occurred at a celebrity bowling tournament.




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Blind man flunks his citizenship test because they tried to make him read a sentence

Lucio Delgado, from Mexico, took to Facebook last week to share that a letter he received informed him that he 'failed to successfully pass the reading test.'




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New York ICE officials accused of rigging algorithms to detain immigrants in detention centers 

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against ICE claiming New York officers rigged algorithms to always recommend people arrested for immigration violations be detained.




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Sajid Javid is accused of stoking the bullying storm engulfing Priti Patel

The allies claim Sir Philip's live statement to the BBC - in which he said he was planning to take her and the department to court for constructive dismissal - had 'Javid's fingerprints all over it'.




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Brazlian man, 26, blamed in crash that killed four family members is cited for careless driving

Lucas Dos Reis Laurindo, a 26-year-old Brazilian national, was given a ticket for the fatal crash that left four family members dead near Disney World in Florida and was arrested trying to leave the U.S.




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Former British Army sergeant is stuck in Fiji and being prevented from returning to his wife

Ilaitia Cokanasiga, 48, from Fiji, said he felt 'immense pride' to have served with the UK armed forces but now feels 'betrayed' after he was let down by the government.




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Rishi Sunak uses Budget to hike cost for migrants to use the NHS

Rishi Sunak today announced he is hiking the amount it costs migrants to use the NHS as the government's spending watchdog predicted net migration could fall to 129,000.




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Leaving the EU will leave Britain with an extra £40billion, Budget documents reveal 

The official Treasury 'Red Book' predicts that cash saved from EU contributions will total £42.3billion over the next five years.




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Massive queues of people wait to enter China to stay safe during coronavirus pandemic 

New pictures circulating on social media purport to show massive queues of travellers waiting to pass a border checkpoint to enter mainland China after the centre of the outbreak moved to Europe.




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Coronavirus infected tourist is accused of holidaying in Australia KNOWING she could have COVID-19

The woman, 37, is being held in an immigration detention facility after she allegedly took a trip to Queensland's Hamilton Island after being tested and discharged from hospital.




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Hundreds of Australians arrive from China, Japan and Middle East

A shocking video shows the passengers standing within touching distance of one another as they queued for immigration - despite government advice to keep two meters apart.




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Every arrival at Sydney Airport will FINALLY have coronavirus temperature checks

A shocking video shows Australian passengers standing within touching distance as they queued for immigration, ignoring government advice to keep 1.5 metres apart to slow the spread of coronavirus.




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Immigrants held at ICE detention facility in Georgia go on hunger strike over coronavirus concerns

More than 350 undocumented immigrants detained by ICE have gone on a hunger strike at a privately-operated jail in Georgia over fears of a possible coronavirus outbrea.




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Bali lockdown: Tourists use SCUBA gear as PPE, armed guards wander streets and beaches are deserted

Bali has reported nine cases of coronavirus and two deaths while Indonesia is expected to past 1000 cases and currently has a death toll of 55 people.




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Boris Johnson's new-look Cabinet gives the green light to points-based immigration system

Boris Johnson's new-look Cabinet today agreed to the Prime Minister's plans to introduce an Australian-style points-based immigration system at the start of 2021.




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Immigration barrister, 40, avoids being struck off after headbutting female lawyer in Chelsea

Disciplinary chiefs handed immigration law specialist Rashid Ahmed just a three-month suspension after he left his junior colleague covered in blood on the ground on King's Road in Chelsea.